diff --git a/examples/server/server-context.cpp b/examples/server/server-context.cpp
index aa9abf0d..66695af0 100644
--- a/examples/server/server-context.cpp
+++ b/examples/server/server-context.cpp
@@ -3386,7 +3386,7 @@ void server_context::context_shift() {
                     // we should never get here, because generation should already stopped in process_token()
                     slot.print_timings();
                     slot.release();
-                    send_error(slot, "context shift is disabled", ERROR_TYPE_SERVER);
+                    send_error(slot, "context_length_exceeded: the request exceeds the available context size; context shift is disabled", ERROR_TYPE_SERVER);
                     continue;
                 }
                 // Shift context